" ...I'm anticipating that President Trump and maybe some of his other cabinet members are going to be impeached. Their behavior is such that it almost demands it. The self dealing and corruption we see in Washington is the worst since Warren Harding." -- Chris Whalen, July 11, 2026“It’s not a happy place, America, and I wasn’t happy there. I’m interested in the condition of America now. It beggars belief what’s happening there now. When you hear a slogan like Make America Great Again, it makes a sort of weird sense because America could be great again, but at community level. Not with sort of strange billionaires making weird decisions” -- Actor Sam Neill (2025):
Trump II has brought to the forefront the government's shameless catering to billionaire private equity underwriters (PEU) and their trillionaire pursuing TechGod brethren.
The Department of Labor's major priority is giving PEUs liability free access to worker 401(k) retirement plans.
The State Department and Pentagon have explicit funds and initiatives promoting PEUs/TechGods. It's even the answer to the current War on Iran:
Trump says US will take investment deals with Gulf states instead of fee for using strait
US president Donald Trump says that the strait of Hormuz is open to ships from all countries apart from Iran and that he has struck “massive” investment deals with Gulf nations.
Trump II is a deal maker and deal makers earn deal fees. Rest assured they are there. The key is deciphering the form and manner.
The Guardian reported:
Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-born private equity investor in Chicago, will serve as chairman of a new state department enterprise fund overseeing more than $200 million designated for a central Asia trade corridor, including investments in transportation, energy infrastructure and critical minerals.He is the founder of IJS Investments, a Chicago-based private equity firm specialising in “future ready” energy and telecommunications, and Gotthard Investment AG, a Zurich-based private equity firm focused on financial services, energy and global real estate.Campaign finance records show that Sokolov has given more than $12 million to Republican campaigns and political groups during Trump’s second term, including $11 million to the president’s Super Pac Maga Inc, and $443,000 to the Republican National Committee.The Tripp+ enterprise fund, where Sokolov serves as founder and chair, takes its name from the Trump route for international peace and prosperity, a 27-mile trade corridor spanning southern Armenia and Azerbaijan. A state department spokesperson said the $201m fund is authorized to make loans, equity investments and grants promoting strategic private sector development in the south Caucasus and central Asia, including in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The State Department has more than the Trump Route for International Peace & Prosperity (TRIPP+). It has Pax Silica, headed by former Palantir executive Jacob Helberg.
I wrote this back in April:
TechGods gave total loyalty and servitude to Trump II and this unholy alliance drives much of U.S. foreign policy. Take Trump II's Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the State Department Jacob Helberg. His ethics filing reveals conflicts that cannot be undone.It's a whole of government approach to further enrich America's super wealthy.
The Trump administration has asked Congress to expand its authority to create enterprise funds anywhere in the world.
Uncle Sam sets up pools of capital for PEUs/TechGods who've long known how to steer a cut back to those who enable them.
Elected officials take their calls, as they once did for Jeffrey Epstein. Recall that Epstein's major funder was a PEU, Apollo co-founder Leon Black. The Guardian story mentioned Black's son Ben:
The Development Finance Corporation, a government investment arm led by the private equity scion Ben Black, has also announced plans to incorporate the “Tripp Development Company” to build railways and other infrastructure on the proposed route linking Azerbaijan to its contested exclave, Nakhchivan, and to Armenia and Turkey.
Politicians Red & Blue love PEU and their new TechGod brethren. Increasingly, more are one and for that the common person suffers, as they are not seen, much less heard.
